J.P. Morgan & Co.

J.P. Morgan & Co. is a commercial and investment banking institution founded by J.P. Morgan in 1871. The company was a predecessor of JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank, and it became one of the most powerful banking companies in the world. The bank helped transform the United States from an economic novice into the strongest industrial power in the world at the time, financing Allied bonds during World War I. In 2000, J.P. Morgan & Co. merged with the Chase Manhattan Bank to form JP Morgan Chase.